BETATRON is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. BETATRON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BETATRON?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BETATRON is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BETATRON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
betatronsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BETATRON scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BETATRON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BETATRON has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BETATRON mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A circular machine that speeds electrons to high energy using a changing magnetic field.
A betatron pushes electrons around a ring with magnetic induction, the same idea as in a transformer. Hospitals and laboratories have used it to produce high-energy beams for treatment and research.
How BETATRON is used
Betatron is a physics term, found in textbooks on particle accelerators.
- The first betatron was built in the 1940s.
- Physicists used a betatron to produce a narrow beam of electrons.
- A small betatron once served as an X-ray source in hospitals.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BETATRON and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BETATRON
1 longer words begin with BETATRON.
Shorter words from the letters in BETATRON
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Common questions about BETATRON
- Is BETATRON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BETATRON, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BETATRON worth?
- BETATRON is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BETATRON mean?
- A circular machine that speeds electrons to high energy using a changing magnetic field.
- What letters can be added to BETATRON?
- BETATRON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BETATRON:
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